Camping Guide
A Surprise Air Mattress

​I am thinking that it is time to change our mattress since it's been 6 years we have been using it.

​​Stretching it a bit longer, we might risk having a back pain.

​​Anyway the spring inside the mattress might not work any longer and I discuss with my husband that we need to change it.

​​We have heard that using the best air mattress will give us a good back support.

​​Although I don't have back pain but when you are in your mid 30s and my husband 40s, health will be our ultimate concern.

​​If we don't care for our back now, we might face a painful life throughout our golden years.

​​Then today we got the opportunity to shop around and we saw an air mattress that is suitable.

​​It is a Wenzel Insta-Bed Queen.

​​I like the feel of the bed which is almost like any other regular bed and it has an in-built pump which only takes about 90 seconds to inflate it.

​​We made our order right away.

How Do You Inflate an Air Mattress?

If you have purchased an air mattress and you have no idea how to inflate it, then that is a problem. Maybe not all air mattresses are easily inflated but if you want to give it a try, here are several ways you can inflate an air mattress. You can simply blow into the valve of the air mattress, use a hand pump, an air mattress pump or even use a foot pump. The best air mattresses for guests even come with built in pumps.

Blowing up an air mattress by your mouth may seem to make no sense, so using a pump is highly recommended. Blowing into the air mattress will actually give the mattress more moisture and smoother compared to using a pump. Why does blowing into the mattress give moisture? Well, that is because, when the mattress is folded and stored after it has been used, there is a high chance of mold to be built up inside the air mattress over time.

If you want to go back to the olden days method, then using the hand pumps and foot pumps it is. Foot and hand pumps are also among the devices that can be used to inflate a mattress. These pumps look somewhat like the bicycle pumps but the only difference is that it has a larger source of air chambers that helps to speed up the inflation process. Using the manual way to pump the air mattresses may take up your time and it may acquire you to use your hand foot for a very long time. But let’s take it this way, it can actually be some sort of an exercise for you!

The air mattress pump is a device that will need the change of the batteries from time to time in order for it to operate, but it is among the handiest method or device to use to inflate the air mattress. The battery-powered pump takes up at about minutes to blow up an air mattress. The battery-powered pump’s battery life span will be able to last you for about several trips of usage but if you find the battery dying in between then you can find yourself pumping the air mattress with your lungs!